diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9ee08276dd5..0daa2953b4b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -575,12 +575,6 @@
        </manifest>
     </jar>
 
-    <copy todir="${example}/solr/bin">
-      <fileset dir="${src}/scripts">
-        <exclude name="scripts.conf"/>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-    <chmod dir="${example}/solr/bin" perm="755" includes="**"/>
     <delete includeemptydirs="true">
       <fileset dir="${example}/work" includes="**/*"/>
     </delete>
diff --git a/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 92df3a52fbd..c007d7c426c 100755
--- a/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@
     </autoCommit>
     -->
 
-    <!-- The RunExecutableListener executes an external command.
+
+    <!-- The RunExecutableListener executes an external command from a
+      hook such as postCommit or postOptimize.
          exe - the name of the executable to run
          dir - dir to use as the current working directory. default="."
          wait - the calling thread waits until the executable returns. default="true"
@@ -195,8 +197,7 @@
       <arr name="env"> <str>MYVAR=val1</str> </arr>
     </listener>
     -->
-    <!-- A postOptimize event is fired only after every optimize command, useful
-         in conjunction with index distribution to only distribute optimized indicies 
+    <!-- A postOptimize event is fired only after every optimize command
     <listener event="postOptimize" class="solr.RunExecutableListener">
       <str name="exe">snapshooter</str>
       <str name="dir">solr/bin</str>